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sarahburgess5
Jun 9, 20232 min read
Some thoughts on volunteering
Volunteers' Week 2023 has just drawn to a close so I have been thinking a lot about volunteering over the last wee while. Volunteering...
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sarahburgess5
May 26, 20231 min read
Green Health Week - a summary
And what a week it was; our best Green Health Week ever. So what did we do? We walked and we wandered. We sat still and we sat silently....
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sarahburgess5
May 11, 20232 min read
The 5 ways to wellbeing in nature
Green Health Week is upon us, running from 13th to 21st May. The astute amongst you will note that this coincides rather neatly with...
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sarahburgess5
Apr 21, 20234 min read
Here comes the sun
What a week! I wasn't expecting all this sunshine, yet it also seems somewhat overdue. While we may have missed out on Spring equinox...
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sarahburgess5
Apr 6, 20234 min read
Indoor nature
I had a revelation last weekend. You really can help people connect to nature inside, even in a windowless room. Of course, I already...
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sarahburgess5
Mar 23, 20233 min read
Blossom season
Here's the annual obligatory blue sky and blossom picture. It's that time of year again, Spring by any metric you choose, as...
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sarahburgess5
Mar 9, 20234 min read
Making the most of walking
I was lucky enough to have a day out in Stirling for work this week and what a day it was, just look at that sky and those hills. Walking...
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sarahburgess5
Feb 24, 20233 min read
Awesome bulbs!
Riding high on the great news that we're going to be able to trial prescribing nature, I accidentally got lost in social media and saw a...
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sarahburgess5
Feb 10, 20234 min read
Walking and noticing
I've been planning to write about walking this week since the last blog, but of course now that I come to actually write about it, can I...
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sarahburgess5
Jan 26, 20234 min read
Murmurations
After this morning's walk I want to confidently declare that the mornings are indeed getting lighter. Of course this is true, but also I...
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sarahburgess5
Jan 12, 20233 min read
New year, new rituals
It's shortly after 3.30 in the afternoon as I start to write this. I've just been downstairs to put the kettle on and noticed something...
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sarahburgess5
Dec 21, 20223 min read
Festive greetings
I'd just got back to my desk after a lunchtime walk, grumpy that the weather warning for snow had only resulted in dismal slush and rain...
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sarahburgess5
Dec 7, 20223 min read
Wintery weather
Meteorological winter might have started on 1st December, and astronomical winter might not be due to start until 21st December, but as...
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sarahburgess5
Nov 25, 20224 min read
Thanksgiving
I'm writing this on Thanksgiving, the American festival that originated as a celebratory autumn harvest feast. The world has been made...
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sarahburgess5
Nov 10, 20222 min read
A nature trail
On this week's Tea with a Druid, Philip Carr-Gomm made reference to the fact that having recently passed Samhain we are now only six...
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sarahburgess5
Oct 28, 20223 min read
Endings and beginnings
As usual when we approach one of the Celtic festivals I consult my collection of books that focus on the seasons. In fact this October I...
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sarahburgess5
Oct 13, 20223 min read
Discover your wild side
Isn't this a wonderful time of year to get outdoors? The old "no such thing as bad weather" saying has never been truer than in autumn. ...
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sarahburgess5
Sep 30, 20223 min read
Walking for the world
This week (from 26th September) has been Scotland's Climate Week, and I'm going to start by quoting a very wise man, Dr William Bird,...
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sarahburgess5
Sep 19, 20223 min read
The approach of the equinox
The mornings are noticeably darker now when the alarm goes, and sure enough, looking at the sunrise times, it's getting later by two...
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sarahburgess5
Sep 1, 20223 min read
Autumn again
I'm writing this on the 1st September, shortly after our quarterly domestic "discussion" regarding the changing of the seasons. One of...
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